Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)
Topic: Extreme Adjectives
Lesson Notes November 25, 2025 (Vocabulary Building)
Words & Phrases
My granddaughter is five years old, so she can’t sit still very long.
Onosato withdrew from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament's final day of competition Sunday
He quit the tournament due to injury.
He has a dislocated left shoulder requiring one month of treatment and recovery.
I am performing in the first song. (We use the ordinal numbers for the order of events, not “number one song” which means ‘most popular song)
I’ve been wearing the same Uniqlo shirts for a long time, and they haven’t shrunk or fallen apart.
I noticed today that the bottoms of my shoes have worn through.
My eye doctor gave me eye drops to slow the (progression / development) of my cataracts.
Extreme Adjectives
Unit 13 Section 2
Very and really are used with ordinary adjectives:
“She is very tired.”
“This movie is really interesting.”
Extreme adjectives (also called strong adjectives) usually don’t go with very. Instead, we often use absolutely or completely:
Correct: “The view is absolutely wonderful.”
Incorrect: “The view is very wonderful.”
DIRTY (adjective) = Something not clean, has dirt, dust, or stains.
My shoes are dirty from the rain.
The floor is dirty, we should sweep it.
I got dirty playing football.
MESSY (adjective) = Something untidy or disorganized. Not necessarily dirty, just not in order.
Her room is messy, clothes are everywhere.
My hair gets messy in the wind.
The kitchen is messy after cooking.
FILTHY (adjective) = Extremely dirty, very bad dirt. Much stronger than “dirty.”
The bathroom was filthy, I couldn’t use it.
He came back from the garden, his hands were filthy.
My car was absolutely filthy after driving through the muddy countryside.
The view of the city from my window is simply (gorgeous / stunning / amazing / terrific / fantastic)
She fell off a horse, but she didn’t have an injury but it sounded horrible.
She might have been thrown off by the horse.
The weather was horrible, we had to wait a week before we could hike.
I paid a terrible price for some fans.
